Friends Group · Kodak, TN
Great Smoky Mountains Association
Named for Great Smoky Mountains
133 staff + 6 volunteers77¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1953
Stand · Find your defenders
Who’s defending the Great Smoky Mountains?
1 case live in federal court over this place, filed 2025National park in Tennessee / North Carolina, 522,427 acres, managed by the National Park Service, designated in 1934.
The defenders
The groups doing the most work here
3 groups are on the record for Great Smoky Mountains, in the order they carry the weight. The range says how strongly our editors, the court dockets and their own filings tie each one here. Give directly; nothing routes through us.
71–76% match
Friends Group · Kodak, TN
Friends of the Smokies
Named for Great Smoky Mountains
19 staff + 170 volunteers73¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1993
Advocacy · Oakland, CA
Sierra Club
1 live federal case over this place
10,895 volunteers81¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1892
3 more groups also work this ground
On the ground in Tennessee and North Carolina
The situation
What’s happening to Great Smoky Mountains
Twelve million visitors a year walk beneath the oldest mountains on the continent. The Smokies harbor more tree species than all of northern Europe combined, biological diversity unmatched east of the Mississippi. Budget cuts are hollowing out the staff that keeps this park from being loved to death.
- 1934Established as national park
- 2025Significant budget cuts proposed for park operations
NPS budget cuts threaten park operations
Source: National Park Service · March 1, 2025
No public comment window is open on Great Smoky Mountains right now. A call script is ready on the Public Lands Action Network, and the groups above are how the fight gets funded and argued in the meantime.
In the courts
The cases over this place
The dockets we track that name Great Smoky Mountains directly. Active first.
ActiveSierra Club v. EPACA6 · filed 2025 · Docket ↗
Your move
How to stand for the Great Smoky Mountains
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3 groups on the record, Great Smoky Mountains Association with 133 staff + 6 volunteers, 1 live case in federal court. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.